INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) released its list of Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award recipients on Thursday (June 26). Those recognized with the award must have maintained a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career spanning at least two years in the GLVC, while also having exhausted his or her eligibility in their chosen intercollegiate sport. 

QU added 36 student-athletes to the 24-25 edition of the list, up from 25 a season ago, as the league as a whole set a new record of 613 student-athletes recognized from 14 member institutions. 

In addition, two Hawks, along with 40 other student-athletes from 6 member institutions, were also noted for going above and beyond in the classroom, achieving the highest standards and receiving a special nod for concluding their collegiate careers with a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. All QU honorees are listed below: 

JD Ortiz, Baseball
Tim Reinholz, Baseball
Todd Bieg, Men's Basketball
Taya Stevenson, Women's Basketball*
Karsyn Stratton, Women's Basketball*
Drake Davis, Football
Austin Dearing, Football
Anthony Gilpin, Jr., Football
Brandon Granger, Football
Arthur Tate, Football
Karlie Schnepp, Women's Golf
Kade Beaton, Men's Lacrosse
Connor Nock, Men's Lacrosse
Caidyn Prediger, Men's Lacrosse
Austin Vetter, Men's Lacrosse
Stan Cargill, Men's Soccer
Lisa Albarran, Women's Soccer
Meghan Cummings, Women's Soccer
Megan Jette, Women's Soccer
Julia MIncher, Softball
Kaelyn Conger, Softball
Ryleigh Jones, Softball
Bella Shields, Softball
Andres Santana, Men's Swimming
Megan Miller, Women's Swimming
Nancy Olson, Women's Swimming
Gianni Lopez, Men's Tennis
Pablo Mateos Niella, Men's Tennis
Ana Alvarez, Women's Tennis
Sydney Clark, Volleyball
Makayla Echel, Volleyball
Luna Van Baars, Volleyball
Emma Wijnbergen, Volleyball
Logan Colbert, Volleyball

*4.0 Career Cumulative GPA